Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/5/24 - CABARET, HAMILTON & More Top the List

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/5/2024 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section.

Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.

Of note this week: 

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET closed on 5/5. ALADDIN had both a TDF Introduction to Theatre buyout performance (Weds. 5/1 mat.) and TDF Autism Friendly buyout performance (Sun. 5/5 mat.).  ILLINOISE’s second week of performances on Broadway included 3 heavily comped press performances.

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: LEMPICKA (12%), MARY JANE (3.1%), SUFFS (2.9%), THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL (2.1%), STEREOPHONIC (1.7%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (1%), AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (0.6%), THE OUTSIDERS (0.6%), APPROPRIATE (0.5%), HELL'S KITCHEN (0.2%), ILLINOISE (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: PATRIOTS (-25.5%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-14.2%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-14.2%), & JULIET (-12.3%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-12%), WICKED (-10.5%), THE WHO'S TOMMY (-8.7%), THE NOTEBOOK (-8.7%), UNCLE VANYA (-6.3%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-5.8%), HADESTOWN (-5.3%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-4.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-3.7%), THE WIZ (-3.6%), MOTHER PLAY (-3.5%), HAMILTON (-3.4%), SIX (-2.4%), ALADDIN (-2%), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (-1.8%), CHICAGO (-1.6%), THE LION KING (-0.7%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.3%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (-0.1%),

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This week, 35 shows played on Broadway, with 289,947 tickets sold and a total gross of $34,757,296. The average ticket price was $119.87.

This was less than the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was down -5.79%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -7.45% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $119.87 is down $-2.15 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $2,035,958
CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB: $1,920,289
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,762,444
HAMILTON: $1,732,853
WICKED: $1,586,005


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
LEMPICKA ($275,049), THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL ($287,056), PATRIOTS ($416,372), MARY JANE ($467,047), MOTHER PLAY ($551,925)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $242,705
CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB: $218,461
UNCLE VANYA: $168,589
MOTHER PLAY: $55,001
STEREOPHONIC: $50,358


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-340,854), ALADDIN ($-305,757), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL ($-246,030), & JULIET ($-195,529), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL ($-194,871)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB: $224.23
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $185.76
HAMILTON: $172.22
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $167.92
THE LION KING: $160.58


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
LEMPICKA ($39.33), THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL ($47.49), PATRIOTS ($74.53), ILLINOISE ($79.94), ALADDIN ($87.15)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: 103.2%
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 100.1%
CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB: 100%
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: 100%
HELL'S KITCHEN: 99.7%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (54.6%), PATRIOTS (67.5%), THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL (70.5%), CHICAGO (74.3%), THE WHO'S TOMMY (78%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB: 1069
LEMPICKA: 1009
UNCLE VANYA: 508
SUFFS: 224
THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL: 184


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
PATRIOTS (-2115), WICKED (-2003), THE GREAT GATSBY (-1687), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-1426), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-1312)

That's all for this week... Note: All data presented for informational purposes only. BroadwayWorld makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of the data, or the matter in which it's presented. Source: The Broadway League..